Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668,000

Associated Press/March 7, 2012The Apple logo is projected during an announcement in San Francisco.

Associated Press

BERLIN -- An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers -- a functioning 1976 model -- has been sold for a record 516,000 euros ($668,000).

German auction house Breker said Saturday an Asian client, who asked not to be named, bought the so-called Apple 1, which the tech company's founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built in a family garage.

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